M5lp 0407 17 04 Nmra Season Opener Chip Havemann Mustang

During the winter, Chip Havemann added a bigger Kotzur Racing Engines-built 400ci engine and back-halved his Granatelli Motor Sports/ Stang Gear/Mustang Parts Specialties/Trans King-sponsored Outlaw car, which left him with Pro 5.0 as his only class choice in NMRA competition. Chip had his fair share of problems with breaking input shafts every pass. "I made it to the final, and I made a little money," he says. He built a bigger engine and is taking his chances in Pro 5.0 because of the potentially small classes and the possible earnings as well. Chip says his car should go 7.20s, which should put him in the thick of things, especially since he says he might be able to get out on a few of the Pro 5.0 racers. The car can weigh 2,725 pounds, but at Bradenton it was 3,175, which definitely contributed to the input shaft troubles. Chip's goals for his Precision Turbo 98mm-turbocharged car are to ride a wheelie to the eighth-mile before the season is over, to win a race, and-most importantly-to find that lost ice